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Amanda Blakley

Expertise

  • Fashionable family travel,
  • friend getaways,
  • milestone trips,
  • experiential luxury
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About

Vacationist, mom of two, constant tourist with an appetite for adventure. Part-time travel writer, full-time trip curator living the southern California dream in Malibu.

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Home airports

BUR for regional and LAX for everything else.

My travel style

I love a unique adventure; I always keep a pulse on the destinations that go beyond Top 10 lists. I live for unique hotels and amazing hospitality, and I’m a firm believer that a good hotel should offer the ultimate experience in hospitality: a fine balance between feeling at home and like a treasured guest. I’m all about balance, and I pace my trips consciously and intentionally to balance research and serendipitous experiences. It’s not all about luxury nor is it all low brow – but I never say no to a meal at a busy street stand or night market, or the opportunity to hang with the locals.

Favorite hotels

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The Lodge at Glendorn

Bordering the Allegheny National Forest, this property is northwest Pennsylvania’s only luxury nature resort designed in the style of the grand family camps of yore.

Beaverkill Valley Inn

Classic country inn on 60 acres within Catskill Park, with just 19 rooms and a lauded farm-to-table restaurant.

Haus Hirt

Haus Hirt is a an alpine spa hotel that pays homage to both modern and classic design inspired by their travels, and love of architecture and the mountains.

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Recently returned from:

  • Exploring our own backyard with road trips up and down the coast to Santa Barbara, The Santa Ynez Valley, Summerland, Laguna Beach and Carlsbad.

  • Popped back to Canada once the borders reopened for a duty tour to finally hug our family and friends again.

Dreaming of:

  • Definitely back to Nicaragua – like most people, our spring break plans of 2020 were cancelled.

  • Verdad Nicaragua, a small eco lodge near San Juan Del Sur where we’ll take some family surf lessons.

  • The Lodge at Blue Sky in Wanship, Utah, a luxurious mountain escape on a 3,500 acre ranch near Park City, Utah.

  • The new Four Seasons on the Sea of Cortez outside of Los Cabos!

One thing I can't travel without...

My vintage FTb 35mm Canon.

Two truths, one lie:

  1. San Miguel de Allende is my adopted second home.

  2. ​​I got my pilot’s license to celebrate my 30th birthday.

  3. I’m also a travel writer, and my work has been published in Elle Canada, Well+Good and Here Magazine.

Amanda's guides

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